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  • In the [Insert Appropriate Sensory Organ] of the Beholder- 2

    Continuing where part one left off; this is not a natural break in the story, just a practical one, but feel free to review the sections separately, since the length ...

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  • Two sonnets, for Navita's Delight (tm).

    ODE TO THE JELLY BEANOh, fool was I to touch one of those sweetsShining like polished stones, in a gloryOf vivid hues unmatched by any fleetIris’ rainbow carpet! Now I ...

    2 min read
  • 1.2 miles to lake
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  • Eye of the Storm (Pantaloons meets Navi whilst liking Siken)

    Eye of the Stormand sothe day has broken white and breathless:a crushed shell of cloud cupping the horizon like an eyelid, andyou hold out your hand, and it is thereagain, ...

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  • emo poetry
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  • rise over run

    this ice, dislodged, falls togetherly and sharpthe aching break, the sweet slidethe sounds secretly greening within the bough as itslowbuoyed, these are as nothingto the fallonce the fall;a slump and ...

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  • 0.

    was half past four; I found you sittingchin-deep in the sunlight that was pooled in my yard,the dusk having dried the sheen from your eyes but not yet from your ...

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  • Plasticity - part 1

    "I want you to see him," said Stephanie.Michael had been drying a dish; now he paused, holding the cloth against the wet ceramic like he was trying to stop a ...

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  • Plasticity - part 2

    At four he called his editor to tell her that the chapter was going to be a little late.His editor sighed. "Maybe you need a fresh perspective," she said. "Have ...

    13 min read


I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate.
— Rick Riordan